TY - SER AU - Richardson, Fiona TI - Measuring the toll : : the family violence index PY - 2015/// CY - Melbourne, Vic. PB - Victorian Government, KW - DATA ANALYSIS KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - STATISTICS KW - AUSTRALIA KW - VICTORIA N2 - The Victorian Government has commissioned Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) to define what measures, statistics and data should be included in a Family Violence Index. Relevant measures, statistics and data for the Index may include hospital presentations, police data, the number of convicted perpetrators, homelessness and community attitudes towards women and violence. This paper describes the project which is championed by Victoria's Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence. The Victorian Minister, Fiona Richardson, NZFVC Research Fellow, Pauline Gulliver, WAVES coordinator and analyist, Charlotte Moore and author of "The way forward", Ruth Herbert, were interviewed in for an article written by Adam Dudding "Family violence - it's time to count the cost", Sunday Star Times, 12 July 2015 - see link to this newspaper article. Record #4745 UR - http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/addendum-measuring-the-toll-the-family-violence-index UR - http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/70021429/Family-violence-its-time-to-count-the-cost ER -